2017 China Open (snooker) Snooker tournament
The 2017 China Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place between 27 March and 2 April 2017 at the Beijing University Students' Gymnasium in Beijing , China . It was the 18th and penultimate ranking event of the 2016–17 season . The tournament was broadcast in Europe on Eurosport and Eurosport Player.
Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost in the quarter-finals to Hossein Vafaei .
Mark Selby defeated Mark Williams 10–8 in the final to win his second China Open title and 11th career ranking title overall.[ 1] [ 2]
Trump made the 130th official maximum break and the third of his career in the fifth frame of his 5–3 win over Tian Pengfei in the third round.[ 3]
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:
Winner: £ 85,000
Runner-up: £35,000
Semi-final: £21,000
Quarter-final: £12,500
Last 16: £8,000
Last 32: £6,500
Last 64: £4,000
Televised highest break: £2,000
Total: £510,000
The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break : £30,000.
Wildcard round
These matches were played in Beijing on 27 March 2017.
Main draw
[ 4]
Final
Final: Best of 19 frames. Referee: Jan Verhaas .Beijing University Students' Gymnasium , Beijing , China , 2 April 2017.
Mark Williams Wales
8–10
Mark Selby England
Afternoon: 9–122 (54), 3–100 (100) , 124 –0 (124)6–113 (109) , 82 –1 (82)46–73 (50) , 71 –4723–80 , 106 –32 (106)Evеning: 75 –1 (68), 22–76 (55) , 91 –29 (65)81 –0 (81)0–99 (95) , 70 –550–70 (70) , 4–129 (124) , 16–86
124
Highest break
124
2
Century breaks
3
6
50+ breaks
8
Qualifying
These matches were played from 24 to 27 January 2017 at the Guild Hall in Preston , England , except for 4 matches which were held over and played in Beijing on 27 March 2017. All matches were best of 9 frames.[ 5]
Century breaks
Televised stage centuries
Total: 54[ 6]
147 , 135, 122, 108, 105, 102 – Judd Trump 140 – Zhang Anda
138, 127, 123, 109 – Ding Junhui
137, 108 – Mark Joyce
136, 126, 124, 113, 109, 104, 101, 100 – Mark Selby
135, 118, 101 – Michael White
133, 124 – Martin O'Donnell
132, 106 – Ronnie O'Sullivan
131 – David Gilbert
130, 101 – Kyren Wilson
129, 114, 100 – Stephen Maguire
125 – Ricky Walden
Qualifying stage centuries
Notes
^ a b c d Match held over and played in Beijing.
References
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